Michelle King , BACP

Michelle King is a counsellor with 17 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on common but painful struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression and the lasting effects of trauma and abuse. Michelle works with people who want clearer self-esteem, better coping during life changes, and ways to manage compassion fatigue.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in relationships and how they shape emotions. Cognitive behavioural techniques help identify unhelpful thinking and build more helpful habits in day-to-day life.

Sessions are shaped to each person’s needs and pace. Michelle listens with sensitivity and adjusts conversations and tools to fit what a person is ready for. She aims to create a steady process rather than rush through problems.

She also draws on dialectical behaviour therapy skills and mindfulness to support emotional regulation and present-moment awareness. These tools can be useful for managing strong feelings, reducing overwhelm, and improving focus during stressful periods.

People commonly bring issues such as body image concerns, attachment worries, family problems, divorce or separation, and feelings of isolation. Michelle offers a compassionate space to talk through these concerns and to build practical steps forward.

Approaches that work well online and in sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current feelings and reactions. Online, this can help people see repeating patterns in friendships and partnerships and choose different ways of relating. Client-Centred Therapy keeps the person at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor following your pace and reflecting what matters most to you. This style fits well with talk-based formats such as phone or video calls and helps build trust and clarity.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is useful for managing anxiety, low mood and stress by teaching simple steps you can use between sessions. In an online setting CBT often includes short exercises between meetings and written tools sent via messaging.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michelle will collaborate with you to decide which methods suit your goals and preferences. She adapts techniques as you progress and checks in about what is or is not helpful so you can shape the plan together.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be a quick way to check in or complete brief tasks. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring commitments and busy days while using the therapeutic tools that match your needs.